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Goals: After reading through the material above, you should be able to address the following questions:
- What were the principle debates in the constitutional convention over the design of the US executive branch?
- What did Alexander Hamilton say about the proper design of the executive?
- What concerns did th Anti-Federallists have about the executive branch and the presidency in particular?
- Be able to define the subject matter of each of the sections in Article Two?
- Which parts of Article Two have been modified by constitutional amendments?
- How many specific executive positions are mentioned in the Constitution? Which are not?
- How is the president eleted to office? How has this process changed over time?
- What controversy exists over the vested clause in Article Two?
- What autonomy does the Constitution grants the presidency? What can the president do without being limited by the other two branches?
- What control does the president have over the bureaucracy? Congress? The Federal Courts?
- What is the extent of the president's power as commander-in-chief? What can he do? What can he not do? Where are there major controversies?
- What controveries exist regarding the communications presidents have with other members of the executive branch?
- In what areas does the president have greater latitude than others?
- What is the extent of the president's powers of appointment? What are the principle controversies regarding this power?
- What does the Constitution say regarding presidential advising?
- What parts of the Constitution protect the president - and the executive overall - from the other two branches?
- What parts of the Constitution allow the president - and the executive branch itself - to limit the powers of the other two branches?
- What specific departments and agencies are established in Article 2 of the Constitution?
Description
Goals: After reading through the material above, you should be able to address the following questions:
- What were the principle debates in the constitutional convention over the design of the US executive branch?
- What did Alexander Hamilton say about the proper design of the executive?
- What concerns did th Anti-Federallists have about the executive branch and the presidency in particular?
- Be able to define the subject matter of each of the sections in Article Two?
- Which parts of Article Two have been modified by constitutional amendments?
- How many specific executive positions are mentioned in the Constitution? Which are not?
- How is the president eleted to office? How has this process changed over time?
- What controversy exists over the vested clause in Article Two?
- What autonomy does the Constitution grants the presidency? What can the president do without being limited by the other two branches?
- What control does the president have over the bureaucracy? Congress? The Federal Courts?
- What is the extent of the president's power as commander-in-chief? What can he do? What can he not do? Where are there major controversies?
- What controveries exist regarding the communications presidents have with other members of the executive branch?
- In what areas does the president have greater latitude than others?
- What is the extent of the president's powers of appointment? What are the principle controversies regarding this power?
- What does the Constitution say regarding presidential advising?
- What parts of the Constitution protect the president - and the executive overall - from the other two branches?
- What parts of the Constitution allow the president - and the executive branch itself - to limit the powers of the other two branches?
- What specific departments and agencies are established in Article 2 of the Constitution?